How can Turkey and Qatar strengthen their Economic Ties?
Another lucrative sector is Islamic finance, which Turkey and Qatar both aim to develop within their current financial systems, and to become global players in this field.
Lessons on a New Kind of Political Communication to Win the Silent Majority: US Elections 2016
It emphasizes the growth of fear, anger, Islamophobic discourse and anti-migration policies.
Erdoğan’s Visit and Pakistan-Turkey Bilateral Ties
urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to Pakistan on November 16 is largely viewed as a fresh move to give impetus to Islamabad-Ankara bilateral ties in trade, defence, education, and other sectors.
Echoes of Rasputin in the Modern World
In terms of methodology, whereas the Chois were using pseudo-Christianity or according to some sources, shamanism as a base for cultic features, Fethullah Gülen’s was using Islamic teaching as a base for his miraculous, divine abilities.
Should Turkey be Optimistic About Trump’s Presidency?
Among Trump’s advisors are the most Islamophobic personalities in America, including Frank Gaffney, who helped coin the term “creeping Sharia,” and advocates Congressional hearings to summon all Muslim leaders to prove they do not have a connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, which, in Gaffney’s view, is behind every ill that seems to plague the world today.
DAESH after Mosul
“The shade of the blessed flag will expand until it covers all eastern and western extents of the Earth, filling the world with the truth and justice of Islam and putting an end to the falsehood and tyranny of jahiliyyah , even if America and its coalition despise such,” it said in the fifth issue of Dabiq magazine.
As Washington looks to divide the Middle East, Turkey pins Hopes on Democracy
In this regard, the Bush administration after 9/11 made a great mistake in diagnosing Islam as the source of terrorism.
US Elections: A Game without Winners for Muslims?
To give an example, Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States, has become known for his xenophobic, racist and anti-Islamic statements.
Why Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the Middle East
From the moment the Mosul operation started, multiple officials from the European Union made statements expressing their concern for European…
DAESH: Documenting a Modern Heresy, Interview with Belkıs Kılıçkaya
Similarly, a Salafi-Wahhabi understanding of Islam also started to appear in Afghanistan, where the Sunni-Sufi understanding of Islam had actually been predominant throughout history.
Prejudice in the Western Media
For instance, Kemal Karpat, in his book entitled Politicization of Islam, in a section on press, talks about how European countries used the Western press against the Ottomans, helping us understand better the current state of affairs with the following example: “The foreign powers used their ‘free’ press to excoriate and condemn Abdulhamid without causing diplomatic incidents except on rare occasions.
The Fear of Decline: Cultural Pessimism in Europe
” They have taken to the streets with their activist allies, such as the EDL (English Defense League) or the far more effective PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of Europe), recently winning political influence in various parliaments with their political representatives, the FPÖ, Front National, or the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), or even creating their own terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
If Egypt was a multi-party democracy of some sort today, it would have had world historical repercussions for the rest of the Arab-Islamic World.
Financing the Manufacturing Industry in Turkey
Islamic finance has a great potential in Turkey, but, so far, Islamic banks have focused mostly on murabaha (making purchases with cost-plus-profit contracts), which has limited effect on the manufacturing industry and the real economy.
The Unveiled Consensus in Turkey
In the last ten years, Islamic conservatism in Turkey has moved from the periphery to the center, both ideologically and sociologically, due to the influence of internal and external dynamics.
Turkey’s July 15 Revolution
The Gülenists had been able to present themselves to the outside world – though, of course, not to the Turkish people – as a peaceful movement of moderate Islam that defended secularism and fought radical Islam.
How did FETO Terrorists Infiltrate the Turkish Armed Forces?
Here, students were given basic Islamic education and met with Gülen’s interpretation of Risale-i Nur (The Message of Light), authored by Said Nursi.
Disclosing the Transnational Dimension of FETO
Education, Turkish culture and the alleged Sufi version of “moderate Islam” are the major assets that FETO utilizes for legitimizing its operations in the international arena.
How Did Iranians Approach the Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey?
It is quite problematic that, while some pro-regime figures in Iran tend to interpret every popular movement in the Middle East as inspired by the uprisings that brought about the Iranian Revolution of 1979, some of the anti-regime Iranians hasten to analyze almost every such movement, especially if it harbors an Islamic tone, as a prelude to an Islamic state.
The Jameel Prize in Istanbul
The Jameel Prize is ‘an award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition’ and is currently on view at the Pera Museum until August 14th 2016.
